Jon Robert Tollett gives a blood sample each year as part of participation in Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet, a national research program.

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A national program that helps people learn their risk of Type 1 diabetes is hoping to attract more participants with online enrollment.

Roland and Kristi Smith Tollett, of Ruston, turned to the program, Diabetes TrialNet, after their daughter Anna Katherine Tollett was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2008.

"We felt that our family's participation in TrialNet was imperative to aid in research that could benefit her and others who are living with type 1 diabetes or at risk to develop type 1 diabetes," Kristi Smith Tollett said. "Our family's decision to participate in TrialNet was not a ...